Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	311	13
Textiles & clothing	1,609	1,255
Wood & paper	245	15
Chemicals	14	0
Low tech	522	4
High tech.	206	1
Other	104	21

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	168	19
Textiles & clothing	474	635
Wood & paper	91	1
Chemicals	18	0
Low tech	203	4
High tech.	72	0
Other	22	7

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	113	7
Textiles & clothing	294	358
Wood & paper	100	24
Chemicals	18	0
Low tech	175	0
High tech.	83	0
Other	81	7

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	198	48
Textiles & clothing	403	888
Wood & paper	76	29
Chemicals	25	2
Low tech	219	3
High tech.	178	4
Other	220	38

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	119	28
Textiles & clothing	158	86
Wood & paper	208	31
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	113	1
High tech.	131	2
Other	238	46

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	121	19
Textiles & clothing	77	110
Wood & paper	403	57
Chemicals	5	1
Low tech	51	2
High tech.	100	24
Other	67	9

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	402	130
Textiles & clothing	394	241
Wood & paper	204	25
Chemicals	296	43
Low tech	215	19
High tech.	841	101
Other	131	26

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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